{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-enforcement-procedures-for-houses-in-multiple-occupation-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/227",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Enforcement Procedures for Houses in Multiple Occupation) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-enforcement-procedures-for-houses-in-multiple-occupation-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 4th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 10th February 1997\nComing into force 3rd March 1997\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by subsections (1) and (4) to (6) of section 377A(1) of the Housing Act 1985 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 68; section 377A was inserted by section 76 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/227/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}